U04 BANKS OF THE .MUKIlU.MKIUrJEE. 



country on iny return tp Yas, Day liad just 

 dawned wlien \ counnericfMl uiy jnitnicy ; tlif 

 sky was clear and Burciic ; tha rising .'^uii gilded 

 the sammife oSi^ piij^toesqiife mopiil!^ the 

 spSLrklin g dew il^y#il^p@iM,i3!id 

 looked refreshed ; tlie atniosphert; was cool and 

 agreeable, and tlie birds chanted, as if ro s;dute 

 the rising orb with their early melody ; tlie dark 

 fdl^e tfcig ^mxf mks, and a bngbt^ ve- 

 getaticni, imM mdicate the ptODrtmlty the 

 river, whose mnrmuring stream was occasionally 

 heard, alt]ioui>]j its waters were not seen. But 

 as the day advanced^ it became more sultry ; 

 vegetatio^a drooped lintb 19^^ tfee fea- 



thered songsters ^msiei ikidt e^rolllDg^ a^doxdjr 

 a few lierons, uas^^S, (" Karo*' of the abo- 

 rigines,) and crows, were visil)le. 1 arrived at 

 Darbylara late iii the afternoon, 



Thi^ Isaak® erf tlte MumpmWi&^ weto heau^- 

 fdiy |»icttii^u& How detlgbt&t it i& m this 

 country, so destitute of large streams, to sit under 

 the oversliadowiug liraue'Iies of the Eucalypti, 

 near the river, watching the flights of wild Fowl, 

 engaged in catching the fish, witli whicli this river 

 abotiitSst or ;SQebig the youtig atnphsbtovt^ M»el^ 

 amusing themselves by til rowi no- stoiH s inio the 

 deep i)art of tlie stream, and di\ ini:' in onlri' to 

 catch them hcforc they n^ach the hottoju. In this 



